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The problem of regional "hollowing out" in Japan: lessons for regional industrial policy
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Cowling, Keith and Tomlinson, Phil (2001) The problem of regional "hollowing out" in Japan: lessons for regional industrial policy. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.625).
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Abstract
This paper considers the problems of "hollowing out" using a Case Study of Japan's machinery sector. In doing so, it explores the roots of the present crisis by focusing upon the role played by Japan's large transnational corporations. This is important because these corporations are the "central actors" within the Japanese economy and they control a significant proportion of Japanese manufacturing. It is their strategic decisions - those that determine the level and location of investment, employment and output - which ultimately shape the development path for Japanese industry (see Cowling and Sugden, 1994, 1998). In recent years, Japan’s large transnationals have become engaged in the process of elite globalisation, pursuing their own interests at the expense of domestic Japanese industry. This is a fundamental insight that is crucial for designing appropriate policy responses to arrest Japan's current industrial decline. It is argued that the lessons from Japan's experience might guide policy-makers in other regions, such as Wisconsin, who are concerned with future industrial development, the effects of globalisation and problems of "hollowing out".
Item Type: | Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper) | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions D History General and Old World > DS Asia |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Machinery industry -- Japan, International business enterprises, Host countries (Business), Japan -- Economic policy, Japan -- Economic conditions | ||||
Series Name: | Warwick economic research papers | ||||
Publisher: | University of Warwick, Department of Economics | ||||
Place of Publication: | Coventry | ||||
Official Date: | July 2001 | ||||
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Number: | No.625 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 33 | ||||
Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) | ||||
Grant number: | R00429834718 (ESRC) |
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